What is Wine?

Wine (originally an acronym for "Wine Is Not an Emulator") is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications on several POSIX-compliant operating systems, such as Linux, macOS, & BSD. Instead of simulating internal Windows logic like a virtual machine or emulator, Wine translates Windows API calls into POSIX calls on-the-fly, eliminating the performance and memory penalties of other methods and allowing you to cleanly integrate Windows applications into your desktop.

With great sadness we are announcing the passing of our friend, Józef Kucia.

Józef was a major Wine contributor with over 2500 patches since his first
contribution in 2012. He was a highly talented programmer with a focus on Wine's
Direct3D subsystem. Józef founded and led the vkd3d project and provided insight
and guidance to the Vulkan working group. He also contributed to other open
source projects including Mesa and Debian.

Józef was a regular attendee at the yearly WineConf. A man of few
words, he was helpful and displayed a quiet kindness. His skills
attracted the interest of CodeWeavers and Józef joined
their team in 2015. That allowed him to dedicate more of his time
to Wine.

Józef died last month at the young age of 28 in an accident in the Jaskinia
Wielka Śnieżna ("great snowy cave") in the Tatra Mountains in Poland. Caving was
his passion.

Józef will be remembered with warm memories by those who worked with him.
Our thoughts and condolences go out to Józef's family, friends, loved ones, and
everyone else who grieves his passing.